Bus artwork

[LemonNado]

Go and call a local Sign Maker company. They are making the "bus wrap's". They can tell you exactly what you need. There are also programs for sign makers which help in the design for those stickers considering the geometry of the vehicles. Fun stuff, good luck with your project.
Rainer

PS:http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c320/gahsoon/sharkbus.jpg

[moka.studio]

try and contact Kay at http://www.mostyle.tv/

He did a great octopus project as a bus wrap, maybe he can give you some tips.

[boxy]

Wow they are both amazing, thanks for the info, I'll check both out. This should be fun indeed :)
Boxy

[acid2002]

Hello

Contact the bus company the posters are for, they have their own specs depending on the bus vehicle ie Volvo/Ford etc.

As for file size 1:10 size artwork @ 300dpi CMYK
Or 5MB per square metre
As a rough guide your talking about A3-A2 @ 300dpi

Do lots of these, just working on a cgi job now 96 sheet and 48 sheet size.

thanks

Derek

[boxy]

Thank you derek, they eventually said do it at A3 but I think I'll do it a bit bigger just to make sure :)
Cheers
Boxy

[Rantin Al]

Have a look Smart Graphics (http://smartgraphics.co.uk/home.htm?). I worked for them a few years ago.
They have offices in Glasgow and I think there is still one in Reading.

It will depend on whether you are creating the full wrap graphics or just an element to be comped in. They can give you minimum requirement specs and any other info required.

HTH, Alan.

[boxy]

good one, thanks Al
boxy

[kromekat]

One image I did for a West End musical was roduced at about 9000 pixels tall, and they reproduced that for double decker bus rears and sides, along with a 30ft theatre frontage cutout, and they all looked fine - I think I gave them more res than they needed to be honest! :)

Adam

[boxy]

Thanks Adam
I think time permitting I will also give them more, it makes for happy chappies! I bet seeing that 30 foot poser was a good feelig :)
Boxy

[kromekat]

Yeah - although walking around London and seeing the image on buses and in tube stations was the biggest buzz! - well, that and the free bar all night at the premiere! ;D

Adam

[boxy]

oh I have to get me some of that kind of work :) I'll keep checking your website to see what you did :)
Cheers
Boxy

[kromekat]

That was a couple of years back now - for the Rod Stewart musical - Tonight's the Night. ;)

Adam

[boxy]

nice!
Boxy

[Hilt]

I've nothing useful to contribute to this thread, however there are some things you may want to avoid...
http://i13.tinypic.com/6310whx.jpg

[kromekat]

:eek::applause: lol! - very funny!

Adam

[boxy]

Ha! thanks for the tip, great photo.
Boxy

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